This is the last article to summarize the
first semester of 2019. Even though the schoolyear was going to an end and people
was preparing for the final exam, we continued the trainings and runners from
the group was competing in races.
Olavsstafetten
The 1th of May, the yearly relay race “Olavsstafetten” was held. It consisted
of seven distances, from 300m to 1600m, with start and finish at Øya Stadion.
We signed up a team in the mix-class. They did a great job in the pouring rain and
even won the mix-class!
Podium mix-class Olavsstafetten 2019
Other races which people attended to from the
group during May was
May 14th: Tordenskioldløpet, 5km and 10km
May 15th: BDO-mila, 5km and 10km
May 17th : KM Langdistanse, 10 000m men
May 30th: Botn Rundt, 15km
17th of May
May 17th is the Norwegian National
day which we celebrate by walking in the parade and eating ice-cream. In NTNUI
Friidrett, we have a yearly tradition for meeting for a morning jog followed by
a swim in the ocean. We meet up at 6.30 am and ran to Korsvika for a refreshingly
swim. After the swimming we ate some ice-cream before running back. Later in that
day, we celebrated with rest of Trondheim, by joining the parade in the city
with others from NTNUI.
Morning swim in Korsvika (May 17th)
Lisen, Hjalmar and Svenn-Helge in the parade (Foto: Nils Dittrich, NTNUI Blits)
It’s also a yearly tradition to arrange championships (Kretsmesterskap) in 10 000m for men and 5000m for women at the athletics stadium in the evening. Magnus Warvik from NTNUI Friidrett competed among several of other runners, with the aim of running below 32 minutes (NM-kravet). Magnus ended in 9th place with the time 32:17,38. He was a bit disappointed, as he ran 40 seconds faster last year. Maybe it was because he ate too little ice-cream before the race?
The time went by fast and suddenly we were in the middle of June with most of the students gone back home for the summer. We continued with Monday trainings through the summer vacations as several of members were staying in Trondheim.
Thank you for reading the last recap-article of the spring semester!
Some of us went to Tromsø in June, running the Midnight Sun Marathon. We have uploaded a race-report from that event here: Race report: Midnight Sun Marathon 2019
Friday the 15th of March, 12 people from our group went for an
adventure. We travelled
to south, escaping the cold and wet weather in Trondheim. The destination was L’Albir,
a small town in the east coast of Spain, where we stayed for 9 days.
Ready for the trip`s first workout!
In general,
we trained two session per day. One before or after breakfast, and one session
between lunch and dinner. We were having three meals included per day at our
stay at the hotel, and the food was fantastic! The conditions at the hotel
where quite well with facilitations as swimming pool (both outdoor and
indoor!), strength-room, sauna, table tennis, volleyball field and wifi. It
wasn’t possible to get bored at Albir Garden Hotel!
We tried to
get many joint trainings, like going for a slow run together or doing the
harder workouts at the running track close to the hotel. But runners from
NTNUI-Friidrett travelling to Spain for a training camp are not like ordinary
runners, which you can tell by several of incredible performances! Each day we
were discussing who had been running most kilometres and what the further plan
was.
Strava – Quantity week 12
Leonard, a
former exchange student at NTNU from Germany, was really putting in those
kilometres and pushed himself hard. Going from a weekly mileage goal of 125km
to finishing the week with 200 km in 6 days were shocking the rest of us! The
German lion was not a joke. June Kieu-Van (aka Kiwi) came to the training camp
with a troubling knee, but worked hard with alternative strength-training and
ran the pain of. Doing 190km in the last 7 days tells us which kind of a
fighter she is! Magnus, the living legend, was patiently charging the batteries
to end of the week to show us how a really hard workout is to be done. At the
second-last day, the brutal marathon-workout was set to the test. He started
off with 10km of warm-up, doing 3x10km with increasing speed from 3:45-3:20
min/km pace and finishing with 10km off cool-down. A session of total 50km in
an average 3:54 min/km pace! The astonishing runner from Tromsø finished of his
last 7 days with a total of 214km.
Besides
running, a lot of eating were done. We hiked one day at a mountain in Calpe,
and some rented bikes and did some cycling as well in the area. One of them was
Terje, which cycled every day because of an injury.
We are very satisfied with our stay in Albir, and are definitely going back
next year!
After some gocart fun
The Hjalmar King
On top of Calpe Peñón de Ifach
Social
Gudenes natteliv / Nightlife of the Gods
This event
is NTNUI’s yearly party at Samfundet where people dress up in the NTNUI colours
green, yellow and black. We met for a
pre-party, hosted by Weizhi, before we went to Samfundet. To promote for the
race Fjellseterløpet, we printed out start numbers and handed them out for
people to wear. People had a great time and enjoyed going for a party in comfy
training clothes!
Pre-party, Gudenes Natteliv
Hjalmar made it to Samfundet!
Dinner-night at Clas
Like last
year, our social manager (sosialansvarlig) – Clas, made dinner a Friday after
the hill intervals and invited the group. He is quite good at the kitchen where
he also made a vegan alternative! The rest of the evening went by with board
games and snacks.
Fjellseterløpet
2019
Wednesday
April 24th, we in NTNUI Friidrett arranged the running event
Fjellseterløpet. It’s a hill race going from Lerkendal to Skistua in Bymarka.
This was the 32nd time the event was arranged, and we got 268 people
signing up! All kinds of runners attended with an age span from 11 to 68 years
of age. This year we even got nice weather and sun, thanks to the event manager
Erlend!
This event could not have been done without all
the volunteers from the group, helping out with tasks before, during and after
the race. A big thanks to all of you!
Start of Fjellseterløpet 2019 (Foto: NTNUI Blits, Nils Dittrich)
Hey fellow
runners! Due to little updates and lack of articles from what the group has
been doing during the first semester of 2019, we want to make a newsletter over
three articles to summarize the last semester. Hope you will enjoy looking back
at these memories. Either as a group member or as a curious person wondering
what’s going on in this group!
New Years Resolution Week
In the
beginning of the semester, we wanted to kickstart the new year with a week full
of activities. This idea is similar to what we have been doing every August in
the start of a new semester, to welcome new students and old members from the
summer vacation.
NTNUI
Friidrett is not only a group for running and athletics, but the social part is
something we value just as much. Besides the trainings, social gatherings are
important for our group to become better known and strengthen the fellowship in
the group. In our group, you are always welcome to join us! Either if you are
an experienced runner or never have been doing running before.
In the “New
Years Resolution Week” the trainings where going as usual. For Tuesday, 6
people went to Ranheimshallen and participated in a 3000m indoor race which was
a part of “Vinterkarusellen”. It was a great race with many participants and
different starting heats depending on your own time goal. Several of our
runners participate in races from 10k to the Marathon, but a 3000m race on the
200m indoor track was far enough!
On Thursday we had a mystery event at campus Gløshaugen where we divided in
teams and did some activities, like quiz and paper-plane-competition, where we
ended of the evening with pizza! On Friday, there where 3 runners who skipped
the regular hill-intervals and ran ultra-intervals instead. They started at
14:00 by doing 1 hour of easy running, then having a 2 hour break, before running
easy for 1 hour again. In total they did 8 hours of running in the time period
from 14:00 at Friday till 12:00 at Saturday! Great job (or craziness) by
Magnus, Ole Emil and June Kieu-Van! Later that Saturday, we gathered for winter
games and party in the evening.
Like every
year, we had the main yearly meeting where we discussed events and what’s
important for our group. We also elected a new group board:
Elise Wallinder, Leader
Svenn-Helge Vatne, Deputy Leader
Erlend Hansen, Finance Manager
Clas Olaf Andersen, Social Manager
Karoline Gartha Hammer, Events
Manager
Lisen Brønmo Næss, Sports Manager
Ole Emil Frisvold, Informational
Manager
Trainings in Ranheimshallen
Our
trainings at Wednesdays are intervals, usually at a track. During the summer
season we run at Øya Stadium, but due to conditions during winter we move the
trainings indoor as soon as the temperature gets below zero degrees and the
track gets slippery. We are very lucky to have the opportunity to train at an
indoor track instead of running at treadmills during the winter. Although it
consumes some time travelling to Ranheim, the board are satisfied with the
attendance during this winter for the Wednesday intervals! It’s nice to have
the wideness at the training so people always have someone to run with or
strive to.
NTNUIs Orden – “Ridderkåring”
In the
first weekend of March, board members from the different groups in NTNUI
gathered at “Studenterhytta” for the yearly group-leader-gathering
(gruppeledersamling). This is to get better known with the other groups,
shear knowledge and have fun! From our group, Svenn-Helge and Magnus (former
group leader) joined the event. During the weekend, NTNUI had an award ceremony
called “NTNUIs Orden” where people who have made a great sports achievement or
contribution to NTNUI becomes an honorary member of the sport club. They are
titled riddere/knights of NTNUI. This year, seven people received this
award, including Svenn-Helge and Magnus. Their contribution for the group has
been astonishing, and the board wants to thank them so much for their great
effort.
Fra gruppeledersamlingen
Joint party with NTNUI Triathlon and Cycling
In
February, we hosted a joint party with the NTNUI groups Triathlon and Cycling.
This was a nice evening for getting to know other people outside the group
which is doing endurance sports! During this semester, the group has bonded
more with NTNUI Triathlon where we invited members from their group to join us
for the Wednesday intervals. We hope this will be a lasting cooperation!
This
summarizes most of what has been going on in the group during January and
February. Stay tuned for the next news-letter! There we will summarize most of
March and April, where a lot happened; training camp in Spain, Gudenes Natteliv
and Fjellseterløpet.
Like previous years, several runners from our group went to Tromsø for the Midnight Sun Marathon, which was held on June 22th. This happens largely because of Svenn-Helge, and he’s commitment to the event and providing accommodation for the members! A special thanks to him! In addition to Svenn-Helge, Magnus and Oscar from the group also come from Tromsø. In total we were 12 people participating in the race, running distances from 10km to the marathon. We have made a great contribution to spreading the club colours in the streets of Tromsø!
Pre-race
In the days and time before the race we relaxed and did some sightseeing in Tromsø.
On Friday we joined the official opening of MSM with the official Marathon Flame from Athens. The Midnight Sun Marathon was held for the 30th time. You could really tell how big the event is, with around 70 nations represented in the race! Later that evening we gathered for dinner with lots of pasta, and some of our professionals filled their cups with beetroot juice.
Race-day
The race started late in the evening, which makes sense for the Midnight Sun Marathon. The marathon started at 20:30 and the half marathon 22:30. The great thing with the late start was that we could have a long night sleep and didn’t have to get up early. But the day went by with relaxing and preparing for the race. The start of the 10km was at 19:00 where Oscar and Svenn-Helge participated. Many fast runners ran the 10km, where Oscar made a good pb! For the marathon, Malte and Fabia was running the distance for the first time while Magnus wanted to copy the great run from Paris this year with another time below 2:30. Unfortunately, his collection of 4th places got increased by one. With a time of 2:29.42 he was 36 seconds behind the podium. For the half marathon the group was represented by Erlend, Marte, Anja, June, Clara and Daniel.
Daniel and Anja getting ready for the half-marathonErlend feeling good from the start!Magnus in his natural habitatOscar Ovanger, 10kmMarte Wilson, half marathonFabia Stich, marathon
The half marathon – words by Erlend Hansen
In advance for my start, I watched the 10km which started at 1900. There I was cheering for Oscar and Svenn-Helge.
Before the race I was really curious about the weather and checked the forecast regularly the days before. As a friend told me the course in Tromsø is really exposed to windy conditions which would give me troubles with achieving my time goal. Luckily there was little wind and good temperatures around 8 degrees. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the midnight sun but got soaked by the rain instead. But that was not a big problem for a guy used to the conditions in Trondheim.
But enough about the weather! I need to focus on what I can control. And the race between me and the clock. Because, yeah, it is nice to visit Tromsø and watch the beautiful mountains surrounding the city. But first of all I went there to aim for sub 1.15 at the half marathon (to be honest). As the race approached, I started to do some warm-up. There was a lot of people, but I easily managed to do some running and throw of my clothes 5 min before the start. When I was waiting for the start, I asked a guy I knew from Trondheim about his time goal, which also was below 1.15. Perfect! Now I have a pacer. I went out from the start and followed him for 3km before I let go of him because this was going way to fast! Now I had to run by myself and control the pace at around 3:30 min/km. After 10km a group of around 6 people overtook me and we ran together rest of the race. As I struggled at the end with the keeping the pace, I kept thinking about Magnus running at the same pace – but for twice as long! That helped me from feeling sorry for myself and letting negative thoughts take over. I clocked in at 1.14:41. Satisfied, but exhausted, with a stomach that was not ready to celebrate with a beer on the town…
Post-race
The day after the race, we went on a car trip for some sightseeing outside Tromsø. With tired legs, we hiked on a mountain on Sommarøy in beautiful surroundings! After the hike we went to a cabin at Malangen where we ate some barbeque before taking sauna and a swim in the fjord. Perfect day for recovering after the race! It was nice to do something else in Tromsø besides the running. I want to make a special thanks to Svenn-Helges mom for organizing this weekend and taking us to the cabin!
Vi teller nå 8 dager inn i det nye året og er klare for et nytt år og et nytt semester!
NTNUI Friidrett fortsetter der vi slapp før jul med treninger mandag, onsdag og fredag.
Med et nytt år følger det med seg mange nye nyttårsforsetter.
Kanskje dine mål for 2019 er å bli en snillere person, flinkere på skolen, logge x-tusen kilometer med løping på Strava eller kanskje sette nye perser? Uansett om du har satt deg et nyttårsforsett eller ikke, bli med oss å kickstarte semesteret med «New Years Resolution Week!». Fra mandag til lørdag i uke 3 (14.01-19.01) vil det foregå aktiviteter hver dag hvor du bestemmer selv hva du vil være med på. Vi avslutter uka med litt lek og fest på lørdag!
P r o g r a m :
Mandag 14.01:
Treninger som normalt. Rolig løping i én time hvor vi deler oss i 3 grupper.
Tirsdag 15.01:
3000m konkurranseløp i Ranheimshallen (innendørs). Vinterkarusellens 4. løp, påmelding og mer info –> Vinterkarusellen
Onsdag 16.01:
Trening som normalt – intervaller kl. 1900 i Ranheimshallen.
Torsdag 17.01:
TBD
Fredag 18.01:
Trening som normalt – bakkeintervaller kl. 16.30
START ULTRA INTERVALS: Magnus leder an og starter en høyst utradisjonell intervall-trening. Ultra intervaller innebærer rolig løping for en time, deretter to timer pause før man løper i en time igjen. Starten går fredag kl. 1400 og hver intervall starter deretter 17:00, 20:00, 23:00, 02:00, 05:00, 08:00 og siste 11:00. Du kan bli med på en eller alle «intervallene»!
This weekend, runners from NTNUI Friidrett attended at the Student Games in Bergen competing in several of races from 100m to half marathon. With some good results, NTNUI won the total athletics competition!
(Results below!)
Friday
On Friday there was competition in 100m, 200m, 800m and 4x 200m relay. Three runners from NTNUI competed in the distances at Fana Stadium. Nice to see our former leader and sprinter, Svenn Helge Vatne, making a good figure at running the 100m and 200m. Gold at the 100m and bronze at the 200m 30 minutes after was a result in respect of!
On Saturday morning it was time for the half marathon. Three attendants from the group was ready, although two were a little affected after yesterday’s races.
This is what one of the runners, Erlend Hansen, experienced:
The days before the half marathon I checked the weather forecast, and it reported heavy wind and a lot of rain. Typical Bergen. This one was going to be a tough one.
As we moved to the start at Fana stadium Saturday morning, the rain poured down leaving us soaked before the start. We discussed a bit about clothing, but the temperature was fine, and I decided to run in singlet and shorts leaving the gloves behind. More clothes were going to slow me down anyway because of the rain. My legs were fresh and ready because I had not been racing the day before like Magnus and Jonas, and I did a good warm-up before the start. I was a bit concerned about Magnus complaining about a bad knee, but he said he was trying to run anyway and see how it goes. It turned out not to be such a bad idea.
Mass start half marathon
After the start, we quickly became a group of 8 people in the front. After staying in the group for 3km with a pace around 3:30 min/km, I decided to let them go and run my own race because this was going too fast for me! I was surprised by the speed of the other runners, but I had to think of my own battle. There were still 19 km to beat. I was happy with the pace I ran, although parts of the road were like running in a stream! I overtook the 6th place after 8km and cheered for Magnus in front and Jonas when I was by rounding (the track was 10.6 km back and forth). I managed to keep up the pace to the finish line and was quite happy with the result! Almost beat my pb with 3 minutes from racing the half marathon in Trondheim 6 weeks back! Shocked by the win from Magnus with a super strong 1.13:30 (!) we moved back to the accommodation for a hot shower and preparing for the banquet in the evening ending the Student games in Bergen.
Finished with the half marathon, ready for the banquet!Podium half marathon
Løpsrapport fra Skåbu Fjellmaraton, 29. september 2018. Skrevet av Leonhard Faubel.
On Friday the 28th September at 15:30 was the departure. We went with two cars, eight guys and a girl to Skåbu to participate at the Fjellmaraton. After four hours of driving and a lot of joy including «car-games», we finally arrived at the cabin. After a little run in the dark we ate tons of pasta and drank a lot of water to prepare ourselves to the run. We were warming up in the morning after a little pasta and cereals and some coffee. As warmup we loosened our muscles with slow running and circling our arms.
Half-marathon:
Finally it was almost time to run the half-marathon. At about 11:25 I recognized that it was too warm in my jacket and took it off. Therefore I had to put my number on the t-shirt instead. Everyone was so friendly and smiling at me. At 11:29 I realized that the reason for that could be that my number was upside down 😀 Too late! I had to run! The start was very comfortable. I started very slow, enjoyed the view on the mountains and appreciated that it was not snowing or raining. Running all the way down to the Olstappen lake was a good possibility to get warm and relaxed. The lakes and the creeks, bridges and rocks around the trail were really beautiful. It was very warm in the valley compared to Skåbu. No need to wear gloves or a hat anymore. Finally we reached the last challenge of the race: the way back up to Skåbu with a big altitude difference. I didn’t expect that it would be as easy to ramp up and ended up on the 25th.
We had a very nice time together at an awesome place! Thanks for a great adventures running weekend!
Race report from the 1. race of the Vinterkarusell. Written by Erlend Hansen
Start 5 km Foto: Jan Arthur Aune
The fall has come to Trondheim. You can tell it for sure, as the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder. For most people it means that the competition season is over, but for many other runners in Trondheim, it’s the start for the “Vinterkarusell”!
Yesterday, Wednesday 26.09, the first competition of 6 was held. The weather forecast reported strong wind and rain, but as the races started the weather cleared up for the runners. The weather gods showed mercy!
There were two races, a 5km and a 10km. We had members running both distances, and with some good results!
In the 10km, NTNUI Friidrett took home the gold with a 1st place to Erlend Hansen!
In the 5km, Magnus Warvik was 1 second(!) behind the podium and ended on a strong 4th place. Several of our runners have suffered from illness the last period, but they attended anyway and finished! Impressed by all who attended though the bad weather.
This post is written by Magnus Winther Warvik, current leader of the NTNUI Friidrett group. Hope you enjoy reading his journey and experience from Oslo Marathon, and his strong third place in Oslotrippelen, which was arranged on Saturday 15.09.18.
Viewer discretion be advised. Don’t do this unless you are very athletic or very crazy.
Hentet fra: kondis.no Foto: Kjell Vigestad
Right after last year’s Oslo Maraton, I had runners high, as you usually have after a race. When the signup for this year opened the night after the race, and with a couple of beers inside, I signed up for «Oslotrippelen» on the spot. I had already tried each of the distances in Oslo (marathon, half, 10k), now it was time to combine all of them. Fourth person to sign up for the triple, so there are at least three people more crazy than me!
Time flies, and on the tail end of my best running season yet, I was excited. With personal bests in every distance from 1500m to the marathon, this would be a cake walk. But two weeks ago I ran the marathon in Trondheim to see where I stood, with horrendous results. I almost collapsed over the finish line. Would I even be able to finish in Oslo?
The marathon
Compared to other city marathons, the one in Oslo is hard. With two laps, and each lap having one large hill and one murderous hill, you really need to pace yourself to not die. I started the marathon at a comfortable pace, and actually managed to keep it comfortable most of the race. This was my second marathon I ran where I felt great all the way through. And my first one was also in Oslo. Three gels, a lot of water (it was a hot day!), and one cup of red bull. I finished the race as the third triple participant. Far behind the leaders, but not far ahead of fourth place. So this could only end two ways: third place or worse. With two fourth places in the last two weeks, this gave me extra motivation for the next races.
So what do you do when you just finished a marathon, and are going to run a half marathon in an hour? You bike, eat lots of buns and potato chips, and drink water. The best thing about the triple is that you have access to a special tent that is right by both the start and finish line, where you can store your stuff. With free food, this is like heaven for me. Anyway, the last thing you want to do is stop moving and get stiff. While I was munching food, biking, and cheering for the other runners, I just kept repeating inside my head that a half marathon is short. Because it is. Just half the distance I just ran. It’s really short. So short. Just an hour. Plus half an hour. Something like that. After half an hour, I actually looked forward to the next race. Not because I really wanted to run, but because I wanted to finish the half marathon, so that I could finish the 10K, and go home.
Half marathon
Starting the half marathon, I got excited. Most of the people around me was running their first race of the day, and looking for personal records. Personally I had no idea how this would go, but my legs actually felt really good. And this was just one round in Oslo, not two. This would go easy! I started way faster than in the marathon, and kept the pace for around 10 kilometers. Then, the pace dropped. Bad. From here and in it was a struggle. Just counting down the kilometers, and looking for black bibs behind me (those who are running the triple have black start numbers). But each kilometer came and went, and I couldn’t see anyone passing me. It felt like I was walking up the murderous hill, but I was still one of the first runners. Even in the downhill I couldn’t get the speed up. And in the end, I was the first triple participant to cross the finish line. With this, I was almost guaranteed a third place. The only way to get fourth would be some injury…
The break after the half marathon was similar to the one after the marathon. A lot of food, biking, and massaging. I also drank a cup of coffee, and my last gel. Cola with caffeine. Pumped up, I was ready for the last 10K. With 63 km done, this would be easy. And compared to my feelings after the marathon, I actually believed myself. Almost done.
10K
Last race of the day. Finally! But how hard would I take it? I was almost guaranteed a third place, and it would take a wonder to move either up or down in the results. So I started quite easy. Better to have a nice experience than hate my life, like I did in the half marathon. And Oslo is such a nice place to run. Thousands of people cheering, always great weather (though a tad to hot), and a fast and easy 10K course. But then my hip said it didn’t like what I was doing, with a sting that made me afraid. Would I have to walk? I decreased the speed a bit, and changed from running to limping. But fortunately it almost went away after 5 or 10 minutes. «Just finish now without taking any risks».
And that’s what I did.
Third place.
Podium Oslotrippelen. Strong 3rd place to Magnus! Hentet fra:http://www.sportsmanden.no/archives/47524
And yes, I have already signed up again next year.
Well done to everyone else who ran in Oslo on Saturday, especially the ones in the club, and my parents!
